1 8 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed â€˜in plain viewâ€™ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australiaâ€™s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australiaâ€™s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/work/4068" target="_blank">http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/work/4068</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource La Belle Dame sans merci, by Arthur Hughes Subject The topic of the resource Alain Chartier, apparition, armor, armour, Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), Arthurian, ballad, chivalric, chivalry, courtly love, damsel, dream, faery child, fair lady, false promise, infatuation, John Keats, knight, La Belle Dame sans merci, maiden, medieval costume, poem, supernatural, unrequited love, VIC, Victoria Description An account of the resource This painting by English artist Arthur Hughes was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1919 with funds from the Felton Bequest. It portrays a scene from the well-known ballad of the same name penned in 1819 by Romantic poet John Keats. The poem is a tale of unrequited love featuring an Arthurian knight and a beautiful woman he meets in the woods. Described by Keats as a ‘faery’s child’, the woman woos the knight with songs, food and promises of love, before taking him back to her elfin grot and lulling him to sleep. While asleep, however, he dreams of death-pale kings, princes and warriors crying “La Belle Dame sans merci/Thee hath in thrall!” before waking up alone on a cold hillside. In the painting, the infatuated knight is pictured in the woods shortly after he has met the beautiful woman and lifted her onto his horse. In the background, the apparitions of the pale figures he will later dream of are visible, trying to convey their warning in vain. Keats borrowed the title for his Arthurian ballad from a fifteenth-century courtly love poem by Alain Chartier. For a copy of Keats’ La Belle Dame sans merci, see <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173740" target="_blank"> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173740</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hughes, Arthur Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Gallery of Victoria Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource National Gallery of Victoria Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil on Canvas, 153.7 x 123cm; Hyperlink Alain Chartier apparition Armor Armour Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) Arthurian Ballad chivalric chivalry Courtly Love damsel dream faery child fair lady false promise infatuation John Keats knight La Belle Dame sans merci maiden medieval costume poem supernatural unrequited love Vic Victoria